Records of surveys and maps of state lands, [ca. 1686-1892]

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Records of surveys and maps of state lands, [ca. 1686-1892]

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These are records of surveys for applicants for land grants; for landholders; to resolve disputes over property lines; and for lands to be used by the state, e.g. for state roads. Documents bound, pasted in, or loose in the volumes include: survey descriptions and measurements; survey diagrams; survey maps showing lots and numbers, name of town, names of landholders, property lines, route and length of roads, and waterways; small proofs of maps used in compiling David H. Burr's atlas of New York State in 1829; appraisals of the value of various tracts or lots; surveyors' certifications that land had been surveyed; correspondence and maps relating to errors in and corrections to previous surveys and maps; instructions to surveyors directing them to survey various lands; correspondence from surveyors discussing work they had done; petitions for land, often from soldiers; and Surveyor General's responses to petitions for lands or for resolution of property line disputes. These records are almost entirely related to New York State lands; however, a very small number of documents concern land in Vermont.

29.4 cu. ft. (29 volumes)

New York State Archives

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